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Reading Tool For The Visually Impaired Launched In India

A device for people with visual impairments that scans documents such as newspapers and magazines and reads them aloud has been launched in India.

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Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable: Sustaining A Biotech Ecosystem In Singapore

Is the biotech ecosystem in Singapore truly self-sustaining? A senior panel of speakers shared their views at the recent Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable session.

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Student Wins S’pore James Dyson Award For Survival Backpack

Brandon Tan from Temasek Polytechnic has won Singapore’s James Dyson Award for developing a “survival” backpack that pumps drinking water and generates electricity.

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NUS & BASF To Use Graphene In Organic Electronic Devices

Researchers at NUS and BASF will jointly develop the use of graphene in organic electronic devices such as organic light emitting diodes.

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Apps To Help Educate Millions Of Young Filipinos

With more than six million children outside of formal education, the Philippines is using apps to bring teachers to the students, reports Cristina Gallardo.

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Ten Thousand Paper Microscopes For Citizen Scientists

Scientists hope that the cheap and sturdy low cost microscopes will enable the diagnosis of diseases such as malaria to be crowdsourced.

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Real Time Cancer Diagnosis During Endoscopy

Singapore-based medtech startup Endofotonics has developed an in vivo molecular diagnostic system that can diagnose cancer in real time.

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Reduced Indoor Air Pollution With NUS-Developed Filters

Designed to work with existing fans, the AiRazor filtration system effectively removes small particles and volatile organic compounds from indoor air.

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DNA Analyzer In Your Pocket

Analyse DNA sequences on the go with a new app which allows you to perform functions such as reverse complementation and translation.

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